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Good application. I'm not a huge fan of the interface philosophy, but when it comes to option for renaming, there is nothing better out there.

Fantastic interface! These developers really have a good sense of how to let the user work rapidly, cleanly, and flexibly. I love that I can keyword items with one keystroke. I love that the keyword filter bar intelligently expands and contracts itself according to relevance. There are a lot of little interface touches that make this application a workflow instead of a database for actions and projects. That is important, in my opinion. The application and the methodology for getting things done should be as transparent as possible.

It is still missing some things that I need to make it an application I'd use for getting things done, but I see they are all planned for, and that is encouraging. I've been using OmniFocus for about half a year now. It is a good program, but I think Things is going to win in the end. We'll see what more than a few hours of play will tell.

I tried iGTD and it was way too complicated and cumbersome for my needs; I've been using Taskpaper for a few months now and it's great but a little TOO simple (no due dates!).

Things is just right, mainly because it adapts to my style. Want due dates? OK. Don't want them? Fine. It's going to be the GTD app to beat.

I started with Actiontastic then iGTD then OmniFocus then TaskPaper and now Things. I think I've hit the sweet spot! Awesome application!

I like this todo/gtd application most of all (and like many others, I've also tried just about all of them, for the Mac platform).

It's looking very, very, very promising and it feels like they've got everything right in this app. Although, so far, there was only one little thing that bothered me. That is, when you make a task become a project and then add a couple of sub-tasks that you must fulfill in order to finish the project; -> once you have checked off all the sub tasks, the main project task remains unfinished.

I think it should automatically become finished, as you've fulfilled all its required steps. But that's me.

Well I was not used to gtd, but more and more I feel I need something to help me organize better my work. I found about this app on the scrivener forum (another absolutely wonderful app for the mac, isn't it, AmberV?), so I made some research, seeing other GTD apps... well just Omnifocus and iGTD... but Things has something that won me over the other apps. Don't know exactly what it is, perhaps the freedom it gives you in organizing your days, your priorities... the interface so easy to work with... Two days and I began to use Things at work even if on my personal macbook pro (we use a customized win application, on a crippled win system under the hood) and it seems to really help me. Oh, by the way I didn't have to read a bbok to begn using it... and this is a real plus IMHO.
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Things truly keeps with the simplistic fashion of Apple products and I couldn't be happier. Project Management software is great for large teams but Things was developed for the individual and I think even in the private Alpha stage, they have hit the mark.

The second I downloaded it I started planning out a few projects I have at the moment and it has made my life so much easier. I've been a big fan of just writing to-do lists by hand before, this has put a whole new perspective on to-do lists and I couldn't be happier. Keep it up CC.

I agree that the person(s) who wrote Things know how my brain works. The program is great. It needs some things--grab clips from web pages email tasks and most importantly integration with iCal todos. They should be forthcoming though.

I've used every GDT app out there, and this is the one I'm sticking with ... and the one I'm willing to pay for.

This is the best GTD app I've used! I love that you can create projects and categories, and view by today, next, postpone, etc. It's like someone asked me what I wanted to see in a GTD app and created Things based on my answers.

Great application. Omnifocus was not bad but it seemed overcomplicated and a bit cluttered. Things on the other hand arrived on Christmas Eve and I moved all my to-do lists from taskpaper and omnifocus to Things - and guess what - it just works!
Things is so simple, so mac like, so elegant - i like the way you can pospone some tasks. I just posponed a lot of my PhD and teaching related tasks till the date I will go back to University and now I don't have to look at them till then.

Just waiting for iCal integration :) In my opinion Things, even in alpha, blows away all other GTD contenders.

Another guy testing OmniFocus who switched immediately to Things once I received the invite.
I found that OmniFocus was too hard to set up and see immediately what needed to be done. Switching from projects to the context view, and setting up different views with the conditions etc. is just too much work.
For it's complexity and features, Omnifocus seems geared towards strict GTD'ers with a lot of projects and an intricate priority/next action system. For me it's like bringing a firehose to a waterballoon fight.

Things is elegant, easy to use, and immediately shows you what you actually need to do. On some strange level it makes my to-do list more enjoyable. The tag implementation is genius, and while it needs more fleshing out, I'm a convert.

Highly recommended.

i’m using things for a month now (developer & alpha version) and i’m very happy with it so far. gonna pay for it once it’s been set free.

It is not easy to describe.

It is fun, it works, it looks right, it feels right, it is not getting in my way. It really makes me to do things just for being able to check off done todos in Things, :-)

No endless setting up of views and filters. No empty columns.

The nested tagging is fantastic. Use as much or as less task meta data as you want. Filter for one or more contexts at a time. Make a tagging group for contexts, time available, energy and so on. Or don't.

Everything seems to be in the right place and to work the way it is expected (apart of those features still missing). I feel like getting addicted. I downloaded iGTD2 yesterday and was even more convinced about Things.

Somewhere someone said that the application xyz is GTD 2.0 Things is GTD X.

@mechatak: you've hit the nail right on the head! The more I use Things, the more I wonder what were the guys at OmniGroup thinking when they designed such a cluttered and unusable application as OmniFocus.

Postponing and Someday-ing items is the Holy Grail of GTD, the quintessence of ubiquitous capture, and the key to a 'mind like water'.

Really looking forward to iCal (and Address Book, although I'm not sure it's ever going to happen) integration, the final step to becoming The GTD app on a Mac. OmniFocus is really nothing like as sleek as Things has proved to be.

I was very close to buying OmniFocus at the pre-release price, mostly based on positive reviews and Omni's reputation, before taking a look at Things. I think Things will fit my workflow better. My task management is just not that complicated and OmniFocus seems like overkill (in terms of structure), yet I need something more powerful than say TaskPaper.

Things is just beautiful... It's simple, but powerful... They give you what they advertise, even during the alpha. The features they promise in the near future are things I've been waiting for.

Being able to use hotkeys to tag tasks is awesome. The people section is brilliant too. I wish I could add more than one person to a task, but it's definitely a nice addition, which I haven't seen in other apps.

'Someday' is brilliant... I love being able to shove in random things... like "Learn Latin." And not have to worry about anything going nuts telling me "You still haven't learned Latin..." I tend to keep a lot of these, particularly related to personal knowledge. Having a special place for them is definitely nice. I greatly appreciate that CC picked up on this.

The only thing I'm really waiting for is synchronization abilities. I love being able to sync my gtd app to iCal, and from there to my palm, my mobile, and to the web.

Having given Things some praise, I must also say... I've been an iGTD user for a while now. There are a few features, from iGTD, which feel missing from Things, such as drag and drop contact/url tags. (Mind you, adding a url into the notes section in Things does make a clickable link, just not as easy to find with a quick overview.) I also miss the priority/effort pieces of iGTD. They were easily visible, and easy to update. (Nice pricetag on iGTD too... 0 is a happy number. Though, given what I've seen from Things... I'm quickly starting to believe it's worth my money.)

i registered for the newsletter last night and received an alpha invite almost instantaneously. so far i quite like it. beautiful interface and a lot of potential.

amazing app. i will pay for this.

Simply great. Will be perfect when iCal sync and icon badges will be integrated. Will definitly pay for this great app.